Treadmill Marathon at LA Bar Set for Sunday

Patrons welcome to enjoy cocktails, cheer on runners.

In what may be the most unique intersection of running and drinking since the invention of the Beer Mile, a group of runners in Los Angeles is holding a marathon on treadmills at a bar.

The second annual #TreadmillMarathon will take place November 17 at Busby’s East on Wilshire Boulevard at 11 a.m. The bar will be open, and as NBC Los Angeles reports, the public is invited to kick back with a tall one and root for the runners.

Blake Dirickson, president of the Santa Monica Sports Club, a group of fun-loving, active professionals that's hosting the event, will run the full distance. In treadmills alongside him, teams of two to 26 runners will tackle the miles as a relay. Last year, it took Dirickson five hours to finish the marathon; he's hoping to improve that on Sunday.

Proceeds from the event benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness.